Only one Indian has ever been world champion. No one has been world champion as a teenager (or at 20, or 21). Can Gukesh ...

Norway’s five-time world champion Magnus Carlsen won the TATA Steel Chess Rapid tournament with a round to spare in Kolkata.

Magnus Carlsen supports 18-year-old Indian prodigy D Gukesh ahead of the World Chess Championship, predicting pressure but ...

For the Norwegian, six wins out of nine games culminated into a two-point lead over runner-up R Praggnanandhaa ...

Carlsen lost to R. Praggnanandhaa in a classical chess game at the Norway Chess tournament in May this year as well as in the ...

Like previous editions, the tournament will have Open and Women categories in the same format. The rapid and blitz & will ...

Ever since Magnus Carlsen accused Hans Niemann of cheating, the world of chess — particularly its online format — has been ...

The Norwegian has been the biggest force in the chess world for over a decade; Gukesh could run him close in the future ...

Chess legend Magnus Carlsen, while acknowledging the rise of young talents, remains unfazed about his world No. 1 ranking.

There is a certain aura about Magnus Carlsen, and it’s not only due to ... Apart from that, I enjoy rapid and blitz – both ...

Three-year-old chess prodigy Anish Sarkar from Kolkata, India, has become the youngest-ever rated chess player with a FIDE ...

World No 1 Magnus Carlsen was held to draws by India’s R Praggnanandhaa and Nihal Sarin in the rapid section of the Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz ... which saw a Neo-Catalan variation on the ...